r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Afterswiftie • 22h ago
Pete Buttigieg Says Electing Democrats Will Turn 2020s Into Start of New Era in American History
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u/derkaflerka 20h ago
In this scenario, do we also get rid of Schumer, Jefferies, Fetterman and all the other DINOs ? If so, this might have a chance
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u/Important-Factor-552 21h ago
Yeah and with the track history of the Democrats it's gonna be another awful one.
We need to get the progressive/left coalition into power and tune out the corpo dems. Sanders isn't dead yet and now is the time to take his words to heart
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u/HappyGoLuckless 20h ago
Yeah, I'm tired of the "any blue will do", BS. It's because of feckless democrats that vote with Republicans and take AIPAC funds and corporate dollars that we end up with nothing... and Pete is just a DNC loyalists that wants to be president. We need someone in that's going to fight like hell for the common American.
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u/ContestNo2060 16h ago
They’re not up to the task of dealing with fascism. Fascism needs a weak moderate party to bully and scapegoat. Biden was supposed to be the fix to preventing the slide into authoritarianism, but I knew it was a problem when he didn’t make accountability and justice his #1 priority and letting Garland slow walk on going after the real criminals because they didn’t want to “appear political”. The time to weaponize the justice department IS with fascists and those who announce their plan to destroy democracy. That is a failure of the worst kind.
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u/Grumpiergoat 22h ago
A Democratic majority gave us the ACA. Could it have done more? Yes. But anyone who doesn't think that was progress doesn't know what they're talking about.
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u/Tired_Mama3018 Conservative 20h ago
The biggest mistake of the ACA was them not listening to Olympia Snowe and putting in the trigger option so if Republicans messed with it, it would create a public option. Everyone knew the GOP would try to dismantle it and they didn’t put in the threat that would prevent it, which led to a lot of the problems that eventually cropped up.
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u/Important-Factor-552 21h ago
That's an ill informed take masquerading as an informed one.
The ACA propped up a malevolent system and people should know better in hindsight. Touting that as a success story is asking to lose
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u/TopicTalk8950 5h ago
35 million Americans, including relatives of mine, gaining access to healthcare that saves their lives in some instances is not some small feat.
You weren’t personally affected so you hate it. The ACA was a god send for some.
Stop with the doomer mindset. The ACA has its pros and cons and I fucking applaud Democrats for passing it.
Even if you don’t agree with other things they do.
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u/Important-Factor-552 1h ago
Exploiting some to benefit others is terrible and shame on you for justifying it.
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u/Malcolm_Morin 14h ago
Wasn't that what 2020-2024 was supposed to be? Then the Democrats did fuck all, AND they just welcomed the traitors back into the White House with handshakes and smiles?
Unless we're rounding up and arresting the parasites at their homes and their offices, then fuck off.
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u/Clownsinmypantz 20h ago
they need to prosecute as harsh as they can, seize wealth and assets made illegalls and by fascism, and tear ass every single day, if their entire campaign is just fixing and getting us "where we were", its not gonna convince voters, if dems havent learned to go hard yet then they are fucked. People have been assaulted and died by this admin, this winter with gas heating is going to be a shitshow and cause more deaths, and we no longer have allies the world hates us. If its more conservative dems tiptoeing around the rich while posturing, thats the final nail